A young Frenchman named André Laurence (Louis Joudan) and his friend , college roommate , Tenga (Jeff Chandler) son of a king , arrive in the far island , his Polynesian island home . There , seafaring André assumes the native life as a visitor guest to the remote island , and the young attempts to woo a princess native (Debra Paget) , Tenga'sister , and finally falls for the Polynesian girl , but their idyll is smashed when happens strange happenings , as a feared sorcerer (Maurice Schwarz) and the local volcano begins to erupt , as well as a terrible discovery of a local custom . All you will ever know of love, beauty and rare Adventure ! "east is east and west is west, and never the twain shall meet¨Lava Stains the Night with Red! .A drama of forbidden love beyond the pale of white men's morals. Smash! Go all records ! Thousands rush to see .. The greatets romance ever written.
A romance story with emotion , thrills , sensitive scenes , sacrifices to the volcanic gods at the far island , and traditional habits including tribal dances that were well choreographed . This is a new version from the classic ¨Bird of paradise¨ (1932) by King Vidor with Dolores del Rio , Joel McCrea , John Halliday , displaying a similar plot and characters with some brief variations . Set in exotic South Seas where occurs a love story in which an adventurer arrives in a remote Pacific island falling for a beautiful native , but there happens an ancient and horrible custom : a girl is chosen by a holy man to be sacrificed to the volcano island , as the Kahuna, a terrible shaman , decides that the volcano can only be appeased with a local female . Even the always reliable Louis Jourdan and Jeff Chandler can't save this bit of South Seas island silliness . This kind of thing was fairly popular and typical in the Thirties , Forties and Fifties , but it looks dumb and dated nowadays . Interpretations are acceptable, but neither extraordinary , nor notable , but passable , as Louis Jourdan is fine as the Frenchman visitor who becomes enamored of an exotic island girl and nature seems to disapprove. While Debra Paget shines thanks to her beauty and dancing . Along with brief but agreeable acting from notorious secondaries as Everett Sloane , Maurice Schwartz , Jack Elam and including a true Hawian chief : Prince Leilani .
It displays a shimmering and brilliant cinematography by cameraman Winton C. Hoch , though a perfect remastering being really necessary . Being shot on location in Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, , Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. Besides , a moving and touching musical score by composer Daniele Amfitheatrof . The motion picture was professionally directed by Delmer Daves , though with no originality , because being a simple copy of the original classic movie . This craftsman Delmer Daves proved in demonstrating his skill at all areas : as technical , using all kind of resources for illustrating the interesting as well as dramatic story with an engaging screenplay , adding great actors, filmmaking and enjoyable narration . Daves was a Western expert , including his characteristic use of landscape , for the reason he lived a long time of his boyhood with the Navajo and Hopi Indian tribes as he realized the notorious trail-blazing ¨Broken arrow¨ the first movie for many years not treat the Indians as cannon-fodder for the cavalry , which made the picture unpopular in some quarters . He went on directing the suspenseful ¨3:10 to Yuma¨, other pro-Indian as ¨The last wagon¨ and about Modoc Indians as ¨Drum beat¨ , the Shakespearian style of ¨Jubal¨ , ¨Return of the Texan¨ and ¨Cowboy¨ which a fairly spectacle about a long cattle drive . From 1959 Delmer Daves becomes embroiled for the remainder of his career with teenage love epics and very popular at the Box-office as ¨A summer place¨, ¨Parrish¨, ¨Susan Slade¨, and ¨Rome adventure¨, among others . And of course , he realized Noir films such as ¨Dark passage¨ and ¨The red House¨ , both of them absolutely recommended .
A romance story with emotion , thrills , sensitive scenes , sacrifices to the volcanic gods at the far island , and traditional habits including tribal dances that were well choreographed . This is a new version from the classic ¨Bird of paradise¨ (1932) by King Vidor with Dolores del Rio , Joel McCrea , John Halliday , displaying a similar plot and characters with some brief variations . Set in exotic South Seas where occurs a love story in which an adventurer arrives in a remote Pacific island falling for a beautiful native , but there happens an ancient and horrible custom : a girl is chosen by a holy man to be sacrificed to the volcano island , as the Kahuna, a terrible shaman , decides that the volcano can only be appeased with a local female . Even the always reliable Louis Jourdan and Jeff Chandler can't save this bit of South Seas island silliness . This kind of thing was fairly popular and typical in the Thirties , Forties and Fifties , but it looks dumb and dated nowadays . Interpretations are acceptable, but neither extraordinary , nor notable , but passable , as Louis Jourdan is fine as the Frenchman visitor who becomes enamored of an exotic island girl and nature seems to disapprove. While Debra Paget shines thanks to her beauty and dancing . Along with brief but agreeable acting from notorious secondaries as Everett Sloane , Maurice Schwartz , Jack Elam and including a true Hawian chief : Prince Leilani .
It displays a shimmering and brilliant cinematography by cameraman Winton C. Hoch , though a perfect remastering being really necessary . Being shot on location in Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, , Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. Besides , a moving and touching musical score by composer Daniele Amfitheatrof . The motion picture was professionally directed by Delmer Daves , though with no originality , because being a simple copy of the original classic movie . This craftsman Delmer Daves proved in demonstrating his skill at all areas : as technical , using all kind of resources for illustrating the interesting as well as dramatic story with an engaging screenplay , adding great actors, filmmaking and enjoyable narration . Daves was a Western expert , including his characteristic use of landscape , for the reason he lived a long time of his boyhood with the Navajo and Hopi Indian tribes as he realized the notorious trail-blazing ¨Broken arrow¨ the first movie for many years not treat the Indians as cannon-fodder for the cavalry , which made the picture unpopular in some quarters . He went on directing the suspenseful ¨3:10 to Yuma¨, other pro-Indian as ¨The last wagon¨ and about Modoc Indians as ¨Drum beat¨ , the Shakespearian style of ¨Jubal¨ , ¨Return of the Texan¨ and ¨Cowboy¨ which a fairly spectacle about a long cattle drive . From 1959 Delmer Daves becomes embroiled for the remainder of his career with teenage love epics and very popular at the Box-office as ¨A summer place¨, ¨Parrish¨, ¨Susan Slade¨, and ¨Rome adventure¨, among others . And of course , he realized Noir films such as ¨Dark passage¨ and ¨The red House¨ , both of them absolutely recommended .